SPR 2021 Annual Meeting

Final Program for SPR 2021

When: December 10-12, 2021

Due to COVID-19, SPR 2021 was held in a Virtual Format over 3 half days

Top 5 Pre-Meeting Reviewed Abstracts (Abstract Review Committee)

Vivian Cristofaro – Functional interaction between synaptic proteins Myosin 5a and α-synuclein in normal

and diabetic bladders.

Marianela Dalghi – Role of PIEZO channels in urothelial mechanotransduction and bladder function

Wrenn Pallas – High glucose decreases parasympathetic and nitrergic neurons, increases sympathetic

neurons and promotes apoptosis in cultured pelvic neurons

Maria Santiago-Aparicio – Sensory stimulation with an enriched environment improves urological functions in rats

with severe spinal cord injury

Sarah Martin – Sonic hedgehog signaling in corpora cavernosal smooth muscle from prostatectomy,

diabetic, hypertension and Peyronie’s patients with erectile dysfunction

Top 3 Trainee Presentation Awards (Trainee Awards Committee)

Michael Odom – 1st place award winner – Diabetes Causes NLRP3-Dependent Barrier Dysfunction in Mice Associated with Detrusor

Overactivity but not Underactivity

Cara Hardy – 2nd place award winner –Aging exacerbates the effect of Alzheimer’s disease associated urinary dysfunction in

two mouse models

Sarah Martin – 3rd place award winner – Sonic hedgehog signaling in corpora cavernosal smooth muscle from prostatectomy,

diabetic, hypertension and Peyronie’s patients with erectile dysfunction